Lisa’s Substitute with Daniel O’Brien

It’s time to get your heart broken and rebuilt piece by piece as we discuss one of the most touching Simpsons episodes ever, “Lisa’s Substitute,” with Daniel O’Brien (@DOB_INC, Cracked, author of “How To Fight Presidents”). We discuss chillin’ on the phone with customer service, wanting desperately to make teachers laugh, how hard it can be to find your place as a kid, and Marge’s subtly savvy parenting. Plus: Dan and Julia freak out our intern!

Episode notes

It’s time to get your heart broken and rebuilt piece by piece as we discuss one of the most touching Simpsons episodes ever, “Lisa’s Substitute,” with Daniel O’Brien (@DOB_INC, Cracked, author of “How To Fight Presidents”). We discuss chillin’ on the phone with customer service, wanting desperately to make teachers laugh, how hard it can be to find your place as a kid, and Marge’s subtly savvy parenting. Plus: Dan and Julia freak out our intern!

This episode was produced before “Everything’s Coming Up Simpsons” was on the Max Fun Network.

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Daniel O'Brien

About the show

Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast hosted by Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott where they interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to Springfield, failed pilots, other projects, and beyond. In this 20-episode limited series, you’ll hear David X. Cohen talk Futurama, Josh Weinstein talk Mission Hill, and Yeardley Smith dig deep into her diverse path of becoming Lisa Simpson.